Hester King

January 08, 1989

Private services will be held for Hester King, 83, a retired teacher who taught in Evanston and Skokie elementary schools in the 1930s and 1940s. Mrs. King, who died Thursday in Evanston Hospital, graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1928 and moved to Niles Center, now Skokie, with her husband, Armond, who became a prominent real estate agent in the growing suburb. Mr. King died in 1971. Mrs. King was one of the original teachers in the Head Start program in Evanston Elementary School District 65. She was a founding member of the Skokie League of Women Voters and a member of the Lyric Opera Guild of Skokie. Mrs. King taught Sunday School for many years at her temple, North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe, and was a volunteer at Skokie Valley Hospital, now known as Rush North Shore Medical Center. She is survived by a son, Neil; two daughters, Susan Gaede and Louise Webb; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.